What do you do if your logical reasoning is hindering effective decision-making as an executive coach?

Start by acknowledging the value of gut feelings and emotional insights in decision-making. It's about striking a balance between logic and intuition. Try to become more attuned to your instincts by reflecting on past decisions where your intuition played a key role. Practice mindfulness or other techniques to quiet the mind, which can enhance your ability to access and trust your intuitive thoughts. Consider scenarios from different perspectives and allow for flexibility in your thought process. Embracing a more holistic approach to decision-making can enrich your coaching practice, providing a more nuanced understanding of complex situations and leading to more effective outcomes for your clients.

Our culture values logical reasoning as an excellent means of understanding and mastering complex structures and issues. Unfortunately, however, it is entirely unsuitable for this, especially when I cannot use any aids due to time pressure. However, our brain can make intuitively valid suggestions for the current task that corresponds to the complexity of our tasks through pattern formation and pattern recognition. I train the courage required for intuitive decision-making with my coachees and in my courses.

As an executive coach, it's important to recognize and address any obstacles to effective decision-making, such as over-reliance on logical reasoning. By understanding the potential limitations of this approach and incorporating other decision-making methods, such as emotional intelligence and intuition, coaches can better help their clients make comprehensive and successful decisions. As always, continuous self-reflection and learning are key to providing the best guidance and support to executives.

Intuition operates most effectively in a high-frequency state, where clarity and connection enhance our ability to access and understand our inner insights. Thus, a coach needs to maintain a high level of energy and vibrancy. This high-energy state is where clarity thrives, and all answers become apparent. When a coach operates from this energetic height and establishes a strong synergy with the client, it naturally leads the client to discover insights quickly and effortlessly, bypassing the need for overanalysis. So, the main thing for a coach is to know how to keep their energy high level. I talk about ways to do this in my articles and posts, showing how it helps clients easily come to important insights.

This is an interesting problem to consider. As an executive coach our job is not to make decisions on behalf of our coachees but to guide them to their own answers. We support the coachee’s decision making process using a variety of tools, techniques and methods and help with moving past overthinking. In a session if I as an executive coach get stuck in that loop I can use the next question I need to ask to unstick myself or course correct quickly. Peer coaching helps me to improve my skills and is important for my own development by providing an opportunity for me to explore other avenues to deal with a situation I may have encountered.